Iau, 22 Mai 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the hardship caused to disabled men by the present strict interpretation of Article 6 (i) of the Royal Warrant as it relates to treatment...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can now inform the House what steps he proposes to take to deal with those cases of pension where the appeal to the tribunal has been unsuccessful,...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of letters which were despatched to the Post Office by his Department during the last 12 months?
4. asked the Minister of Pensions when he will be in a position to make a statement to the House as to whether or not it is his intention to revise the final awards Regulations in view of the...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether instructions are, or have been, given to the medical officers of the Ministry of Pensions at hospitals or on boards to consider and, wherever possible,...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions the composition of the newly proposed advisory councils on war pensions?
5. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider the immediate restoration to the Special Grants Committee of the power to make grants to widows of ex-service men who are suffering from...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the dependants of ex-service men suffering from mental disability, whose cost of maintenance has now been accepted by his Department...
81. asked the Minister of Labour whether, with a view to ascertaining the numbers of ex-officers and others of similar educational qualification who are totally unemployed, he will cause...
11. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that, under the Old Age Pensions Act, when a contributor reaches the age of 70 years he must cease work before he can derive any benefit from the...
12. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that, under the National Health Insurance Act, should a person become incapacitated but nevertheless be able to do light work he is unable to...
18. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the proposed reduction in hours of work in area offices will result in the lowest paid staff making the greatest monetary sacrifice...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will instruct the Departments during the current year to estimate with their annual expenditure the cost of delivering their letters by the Post...
Captain T. REES: 20. asked the Home Secretary whether he is able to state the proportion of Borstal inmates who revert to a career of crime alter their release from that institution?
21. asked the Homo Secretary the number of prisoners from Northern Ireland now confined in the prisons of England and Scotland; whether all these have been brought to trial, and, if not, how many...
22. asked the Home Secretary the policy of the Carlisle Liquor Control Department with regard to redundant houses?
23. asked the Home Secretary whether there is any intention of taking proceedings in regard to the Mammoth Derby Labour Subscription Draw, promoted by the Bootle Trades Council and Labour Party,...
28. asked the Home Secretary the number of foreigners naturalised in Great Britain in each year since the beginning of 1919, and in the first four months of 1924?
29 asked the Home Secretary whether it is intended to advise the setting up of a Royal Commission to inquire into the consolidation and amendment of the various branches of the criminal law of...
31 asked the Home Secretary whether the Metropolitan police have received any instructions to prevent the overcrowding of vehicular traffic upon Westminster Bridge, or whether the police...
32. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that the rolls of electors for Scottish counties, except the county of Stirling, contain an indication as to the appropriate form of address for each...
33. asked the Home Secretary by whose authority Mrs. Helen Crawford was arrested by officers connected with the Special Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department at Manchester on Monday...
35. asked the Home Secretary whether every member of the Metropolitan Police Force has yet been provided with white overalls or white gloves to assist him in the regulation of traffic at night?
36. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the cost of the sanction of the applications from local education authorities in Wales for the abolition of fees in secondary schools...
38. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that in certain schools receiving grants from the Board, where there is a recognised cadet corps or officers training corps,...
40. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware of the lack of school accommodation at Linton and Lynmouth, Northumberland; and will he give the reason why the building of...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will circulate a Parliamentary Paper showing in detail the expenditure involved at Cardington on the Government airship scheme; and will...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to the invention known as the death ray; whether he is aware that a French syndicate has been formed with a...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether a Court of Inquiry has yet inquired into the circumstances under which Flying-Officer Jones met his death in a flying accident in Flintshire...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will give the names of any employers of labour in South Derbyshire who have had petitions against the removal of the McKenna Duties signed under duress?
40. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation this Session for the purpose of controlling the food prices in the country in order that the...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the abolition of the duty on sweetened table waters will effect any reduction in the price of single bottles; and when any such reduction will be made?
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the arrears of Income Tax and Super-tax remaining unpaid on 31st March, 1924, and the arrears which, for the purposes of his Budget, he anticipates will...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the anxiety as to the continued depression in trade, the Government will appoint a Committee to inquire into the present condition of the industry...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government propose to proceed with the Legitimacy Bill which has come down from another place?
50. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the maximum air speed of the fastest fighting aeroplane in the service of the British, French, American, Italian, and Japanese Air Forces?
52. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what opportunities have been arranged by the Air Force for Dominion visitors to see something of that arm of the Service during the period of the...
53. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to renew the provisional Air Treaty between the British and Czechslovakian Governments for...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received by the Treasury from the sale of war stores during the five years ending April, 1924, and the amount allocated during that period to...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, seeing that Treasury sanction has been given for the absorption of the Guernsey Commercial Banking Company by the Westminster Bank, Limited, and...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total cost of the compulsory retirement of officers from the Regular Army under the system introduced by the Geddes Commission; and...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present condition of the benefit branch of the Royal Irish Constabulary Force Fund; how much is paid into this fund yearly; how many...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that an appeal is being made for funds for the relief of distress among persons in Ireland who have suffered, and are suffering, on...
64. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will approach the milk combine with a view of ascertaining the prices paid for milk from the producer and the prices charged to the consumer?
65. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will consider the advisability of completing the investigations of the Linlithgow Committee, by instituting an inquiry into the prices and methods of...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of fresh outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the Newcastle area, with the names of the farms or places where they occurred; and what steps are...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture the approximate number of agricultural workers who will come within the provisions of the Agricultural Wages Bill?
70. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of imports of gloves from Italy, Czechslovakia and Germany for the years ending 31st December, 1923 and 1921?
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the high rates of dividend which have been declared in the past three years by prominent London stores; that two have
71. asked the Minister of Health the amount paid by the Exchequer in the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 to make up the annual loss on housing schemes after the 1d. rate had been paid by the...
72. asked the Minister of Health if he will now state when he proposes to introduce the new housing proposals and to lay financial papers?
73. asked the Minister of Health if, with his proposals for building 2,500,000 houses during the next 15 years, adequate steps have been taken in his Department to lay down regional plans to...
77. asked the Minister of Health what understanding, if any, he has arrived at with the employers in the building industry that, to ensure the carrying out of the scheme of augmentation of labour...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 78. asked the Minister of Health whether, in connection with the new housing proposals of the Government, provision will be made to assist local authorities for the purchase of...
74. asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the fact that the disease known as encephalitis lethargica has recently become prevalent, and of the nature of that disease, he is prepared to have...
75. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to a resolution parsed by the guardians of Shaftesbury on the 15th May, urging that the practice of paying an annual grant...
76. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a letter from the clerk to the Bedwelty Guardians complaining of the increasing number of persons admitted into the guardians'...
79. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has met representatives of the co-operative societies on the question of the price of coal; whether he has asked them to supply facts and figures of...
82. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the provision of nets and fishing gear for the Scottish drift-net fishermen; and, if so, when his...
83. asked the Secretary for Scotland if, in view of the time that has clapsed since the mining disaster at Plean, Stirlingshire, he can expedite the legal proceedings, without a decision on which...
85. asked the Secretary for Scotland what steps have actually been taken this year to protect the fishermen of the Western Isles against the depredations of illegal trawlers; and what steps have...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now give the House any information with regard to the publication of papers upon the negotiations and signature of...
May I ask the Deputy Leader of the House what will be the business for next week, and whether he can give us any information as to the date on which he expects to adjourn for Whitsuntide?
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Reported, with an Amendment, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Ordered, That the Evidence taken before the Select Committee on House of Commons (Procedure), of Session 1914, be referred to the Joint Committee on Sittings of Parliament.—[Mr. F. Hall.]
"to consolidate, with amendments, the enactments relating to factories; and for purposes connected therewith," presented by Mr. HENDERSON; supported by Mr. Rhys Davies; to be read a Second time...
Ordered, That all Standing Committees have leave to print and circulate with the Votes the Minutes of their Proceedings and any amended Clauses of Bills committed to them.—(Mr. William...
That they have agreed to,
Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Lady Terrington; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Dodds.
[9TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £8,560,339, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Order for Third Reading read.
Again considered in Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall]
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